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13, 2026
The Electric Plant Board of the City of Paducah, Kentucky d/b/a Paducah
System ("PPS") held a regular Board Meeting on April 13, 2026, in the
Room at the offices of Paducah Power System.
The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. by Chairman Darryl Pea who
led. Members of the Electric Plant Board present, in addition to Darryl Pea,
Mark Workman, Edward Hely, and Evan Rittgers. PPS employees present
Dave Carroll, Cory Hicks, Rick Windhorst, Andrea Underwood, Doug
ley, Jerry Puffenbarger, Brian Thomasson, and Sarah Durbin. Kent Price
flurry & Livingston) also attended the meeting.
Chairman Pea opened the meeting by calling on Brian Thomasson who
shared several good practices for protecting yourself from sun damage as this
month's Safety Moment. Cory Hicks then briefly repotted on the first meeting of
the newly -formed Paducah Power System Safety Ambassadors.
The first item of business was a motion offered by Member Rittgers,
seconded by Member Hely, that the Electric Plant Board approve the Consent
Agenda which consisted of (i) approval of the minutes of a regular meeting of the
Electric Plant Board held on March 9,2026; and (ii) approval of the quote of Border
States in the amount of $184,250 for purchase of eleven pad mounted transformers
as described in the quote. The motion was adopted unanimously with all members
saying aye.
The next item of business was a motion offered by Member Hely, seconded
by Member Rittgers, that the Electric Plant Board approve Hunter Grimm as
Employee #399 for the position of 3`d Period Apprentice Line Tech, effective April
14, 2026. Said motion was thereafter adopted unanimously with all members
saying aye.
Next, the Board considered a motion offered by Member Workman, and
seconded by Member Hely, that the Electric Plant Board approve Tyce Stalls as
Employee #400 for the position of 3rd Period Apprentice Line Tech, effective April
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2026. Said motion was thereafter adopted unanimously with all members
aye.
The next item of business to come before the meeting was a motion offered
Member Rittgers, seconded by Member Workman, that the Electric Plant Board
Logan Thompson as Employee #401 for the position of 2" Period
Line Tech, effective April 14, 2026. Said motion was thereafter
adopted unanimously with all members saying aye.
Member Hely then offered a motion, seconded by Member Rittgers, that
Electric Plant Board approve the Miscellaneous Fee Policy dated April 1, 2026,
schedule of miscellaneous fees attached thereto, which was included
'., in the Board of Directors' meeting materials. Andrea Underwood provided an
overview of the changes made by the revised fee policy. Dave Carroll remarked
that the fee schedule had not been updated in over fifteen years. Following brief
discussion, the motion was adopted unanimously with all members saying aye.
By consensus of the Members, Chairman Pea then deviated from the
published agenda and called on Cory Hicks, Chief Strategy Officer, to provide an
update on PPS strategic planning. Mr.. Flicks reported that the executive team had
met recently to track the progress that has been made in several planning objectives
and to extend the planning horizon for another three to five years out. Hicks asked
Andrea Underwood to report on the succession planning underway in light of the
imminent departure of CEO Dave Carroll and the announced and likely retirements
of several other key PPS management employees in the next couple of years. Ms.
Underwood also discussed the important ongoing efforts to foster good employee
communications and to maintain a finger on the pulse of their thoughts, anxieties,
and excitements attendant to the coming leadership changes. Focusing on their
economic development and customer benefits, Mr. Hicks then briefly shared high-
level updates on several PPS growth prospects, such as opportunities at the DOE
site and possible expansion of the FTTH pilot
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project. Mr. Hicks finally called on Jerry Puffenbarger who updated the Board on
recent efforts in the areas of operational excellence and technology. He stressed
he constant endeavor of PPS employees and management to maintain "best in
class" reliability of electric service. He then focused on expected improvements in
customer communication platforms such as expanded use of text messaging to
advise regarding account activity, outages, and tree trimming. Puffenbarger closed
by discussing the uses of artificial intelligence to enhance electric operations and
customer communications, stressing the imperative that all uses of Al be
implemented in a secure manner with vigilant attention to cybersecurity.
Following discussion of the strategic plan, Member Workman made a
Executive Session
motion, seconded by Member Rittgers, that the Electric Plant Board enter into
Executive Session for discussion of a specific proposal by a business entity where
public discussion of the subject matter would jeopardize the location, retention,
expansion, or upgrading of a business entity as permitted by KRS 61.810(1)(g).
The motion was unanimously adopted with all Members saying aye, whereupon
the Board entered into closed session. Upon emerging from the closed session,
Member Workman offered a motion, seconded by Member Hely, that the Board
return to regular session from executive session. The motion was unanimously
adopted with all Members saying aye.
The next item of business to come before the Board was a motion offered
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by Member Rittgers, seconded by Member Workman, that the Electric Plant Board
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authorize staff to proceed with development of the FTTH project using an initial
engineering and advertising amount of approximately $220,000, funded through
the reallocation of previously approved and unused Fiscal Year 2026 capital
expenditure funds, and approve the use of up to $2,000,000 from the existing line
of credit to support project implementation. After a period of discussion, the
motion was adopted unanimously with all members saying aye.
Chairman Pea then invited Andrea Underwood to update the Board on the
upcoming Spring Clean Up Day and the PPS AMPed Up Day. Ms. Underwood
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that this year's Spring Clean Up Day is April 18 from 7:00 a.m. to
p.m. and described the types of items that would be accepted at the event.
then reported that the 2026 PPS AMPed Up event will take place on April 22
the PPS pole yard on Kentucky Avenue. She noted that the event has been an
:ive vehicle for allowing area high school students to explore possible career
as electric linemen or line crew workers. This year's event will again be
t by PPS personnel and has been expanded to include high school students
Ballard, Lyon, and Massac Counties. Participants will once again be able to
for an internship position at PPS.
The next item of business was a motion made by Member Hely, seconded
Member Rittgers, that the Electric Plant Board enter into Executive Session for
which might lead to the appointment, dismissal, ordisciplining
of an employee, as permitted by KRS 61.810(1)(1). The motion was unanimously
adopted with all Members saying aye whereupon the Board entered into closed
session.
Following discussions in the closed session, Member Hely offered a
motion, seconded by Member Rittgers, that the Board return to regular session
from executive session. The motion was unanimously adopted with all Members
saying aye, except for Member Workman who had departed the meeting
approximately ten minutes before the conclusion of the closed session. Member
Hely then moved that the meeting of the Electric Plant Board be adjourned. The
motion was seconded by Member Rittgers and adopted with all members saying
aye, whereupon the meeting was adjourned.
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